The Electoral district of Wembley Beaches was a Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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 electorate

Electoral districts of Western Australia

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 in the state

States and territories of Australia

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 of Western Australia

Western Australia

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. The district was named for the inner western Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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 suburb of Wembley

Wembley, Western Australia

Wembley is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge. Its postcode is 6014.The main streets in Wembley are Cambridge Street, Harborne Street, Grantham Street and Selby Street. It is an upper middle class, medium-density suburb. Wembley is home to Bold Park...

, which fell within its borders.

Wembley Beaches came into existence at the 1950 election, and was largely created from the northern and coastal sections of the Leederville

Electoral district of Leederville

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, which had grown considerably in population in the years immediately following World War II

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. The seat included the inner suburbs of Floreat Park

Floreat, Western Australia

Floreat is a residential suburb located west-northwest from the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is bordered on three sides by Underwood Avenue, Selby Street, and Cromarty Road; the western border adjoins or runs through Bold Park. It is located in the Town...

, Jolimont

Jolimont, Western Australia

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 and Wembley

Wembley, Western Australia

Wembley is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge. Its postcode is 6014.The main streets in Wembley are Cambridge Street, Harborne Street, Grantham Street and Selby Street. It is an upper middle class, medium-density suburb. Wembley is home to Bold Park...

, and areas further north including Doubleview

Doubleview, Western Australia

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, Gwelup

Gwelup, Western Australia

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, Innaloo

Innaloo, Western Australia

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, North Beach

North Beach, Western Australia

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, Scarborough

Scarborough, Western Australia

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, Trigg

Trigg, Western Australia

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 and Watermans Bay

Watermans Bay, Western Australia

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. While reasonably safe for the Liberal Party

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, Wembley Beaches was won for a term by the Labor

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, who were relatively strong in the Scarborough and Innaloo region throughout the seat's existence.

The seat was abolished ahead of the 1962 election

Western Australian state election, 1962

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, with its area being split between the seats of Wembley

Electoral district of Wembley

The Electoral district of Wembley was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Wembley, which fell within its borders....

 and Karrinyup

Electoral district of Karrinyup

Karrinyup was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1962 to 1989.The district was based in the beachside northern suburbs of Perth...

. Les Nimmo, the sitting member, contested and won the latter.

Members for Wembley Beaches

Member		Party	Term
	Les Nimmo	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1950–1956
	Frederick Marshall Frederick Marshall Frederick Marshall was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1959 representing the seats of Wembley Beaches.-Biography:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1956–1959
	Les Nimmo	Liberal	1959–1962